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''Barney Bear'' was a series of animated cartoon short subjects produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. The titular character was an anthropomorphic cartoon character, a sluggish, sleepy bear who often is in pursuit of nothing but peace and quiet. He was created for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by director Rudolf Ising, who based the bear's grumpy yet pleasant disposition on his own and derived many of his mannerisms from the screen actor Wallace Beery. Barney Bear made his first appearance in ''The Bear That Couldn't Sleep'' in 1939, and by 1941 was the star of his own series, getting an Oscar nomination for the 1941 short ''The Rookie Bear''. Ising left the studio in 1943. Ising's original Barney design contained a plethora of detail: shaggy fur, wrinkled clothing, and six eyebrows; as the series progressed, the design was gradually simplified and streamlined, reaching its peak in three late 1940s shorts, the only output of the short-lived directorial team of Preston Blair and Michael Lah. These cartoons tended to have a hint of Tex Avery's influence and more stylilized, rubbery movements—which wasn't surprising, as both worked as animators (and Lah ultimately as co-director) on several of Avery's pictures.〔Adamson, Joe, ''Tex Avery: King of Cartoons'', New York: De Capo Press, 1975〕 Avery himself never directed a Barney short. The last original Barney Bear cartoons were released between 1952 and 1954, and Dick Lundy was responsible for those. In the films from the late 1940s and early 1950s, Barney's design was streamlined and simplified, much the same as those of Tom and Jerry were. In the 1941 cartoon ''The Prospecting Bear'', Barney was paired with a donkey named Benny Burro. Though Benny would only make two further cartoon appearances, he would later feature as Barney's partner in numerous comic book stories. The 1952 cartoon ''Rock-a-Bye Bear'' by Tex Avery featured his irritable, obnoxious, noise-sensitive twin brother, Joe Bear (voiced by Daws Butler). Also, in the 1944 Tex Avery cartoon Screwball Squirrel, Barney Bear was mentioned by Sammy Squirrel as he talks to Screwy Squirrel at the beginning. The 1953 cartoon ''Barney's Hungry Cousin'' is the first known mentioning of Jellystone Park, the later home of Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear. Like Yogi, the titular cousin eats (often by theft) copious amounts of other people's food (including Barney). Barney Bear does not appear in new material again until Filmation's ''The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show'' in 1980. Barney Bear did appear in the direct-to-video films ''Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse'' in 2012 and in ''Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure'' in 2013. ==MGM filmography== ;Supervised and Directed by Rudolf Ising (all uncredited): *''The Bear That Couldn't Sleep '' (10 June 1939) *''The Fishing Bear '' (20 January 1940) *''The Prospecting Bear'' (8 March 1941) *''The Rookie Bear'' (17 May 1941) *''The Flying Bear'' (1 November 1941) *''The Bear and the Beavers'' (28 March 1942) *''Wild Honey'' (7 November 1942) *''Barney Bear's Victory Garden'' (26 December 1942) *''Bah Wilderness'' (13 February 1943) *''Barney Bear and the Uninvited Pest '' (17 July 1943) ;Directed by George Gordon (all uncredited): *''Bear Raid Warden'' (9 September 1944) *''Barney Bear's Polar Pest'' (30 December 1944) *''The Unwelcome Guest'' (17 February 1945) ;Supervised by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and Directed by Preston Blair and Michael Lah: *''The Bear and the Bean '' (30 January 1948) ;Supervised by Preston Blair and Michael Lah: *''The Bear and the Hare '' (26 June 1948) *''Goggle Fishing Bear '' (15 January 1949) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barney Bear」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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